Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-04


inspired by the Almighty.-[W Willis 1nt. ex.
If prohibition is ubdemocratic, then
what is the difference between Derocra-
cy and Republicanism, when we see Coch-
ran, the leading Republican in the state,
and the San Antonio Light, Republican
paper, all standing side by side with Bar
ney Gibbs, the would-be Democratic
oracle of Texas2-[ Temple Herald.
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DR.. Carroll's speech here Saturday
night was one which will make votes for
the prohibition amendment. The Herald
will not undertake synopsis now, as it
will publish the argument in full as soon
as it can be prepared for the printer. One
point, however, we cannot refrain from
referring to; He clearly demolished one
of the popular ideas OF the ants, that
prohibition was ga New England exotic
from the hotbed of fanaticism," by
proving that prohibition had it's origin in
the south-that in 1876 the colonies of
Virgins prohibited the sale OF intoxic&t-
ing liquors. The ants may now trump
up something else. DR.. Carroll will
speak again tonight Dallas Herald.
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directed solely against the liquor traffic,
and not against the individuals liberty to
drink whatever he chooses. When the
amendment is adopted and enforced,
every man will have right to drink as
much whisky as he can get, provided he
does not invade the rights Of others.
Under the guarantee CT personal liberty
given by our constitution, no laws can be
0oS n oh 6OaT inbf hoI
already been enacted against drunken
ness, and they will remain the same after
the prohibitive enactment. OF course, if
the sale of liquor is prohibited it will, to
a great extent, prevent drinking; never
theless, the traffic is what prohibition is
after, not the personal right. To stop
contagion, or suppress a mob, it
may be necessary to interfere with
personal liberty or the rights of
property; yet the law is aimed
at the thing, not the rights of persons. If
Intoxicating liquors were a necessary ar
tlcle of food or drink of course it could
not be prohibited; but no one will essay
to put 1t in class with such articles and
regulate it es they are regulated. License
and, in fact, all laws touching its man
ufaCture and sale, have recognized this
difference. It can be dispensed with, and
If the rights of the people demand it it
should be. If by suppressing the saloons
the liberties of persons will have COM
pleter safeguard; if the interest of society
and the welfare of the people will be bet
ter shielded; If our public institutions
will be less exposed to corruption is is
the duty of the people to stamp it out as a
public nuisance MineOla Monitor.
The Prohibitionists of Texas are labor
ing to save the Democratic party. Barnett
Gibbs, Arch Cochran and the Republican
beer companies are endeavOriDg to dis
organize and corrupt it GreenvilIe
New Era.
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The convention at Dallas should lay
down some straight and pure Democratic
law-law that every Democrat must re-
cOgnize as suCh-and those of the politi-
clan class who reject it should be
marked as Democrats Tor office or prefer
ment only, and in the future be treated
accordingly San Antonio Express.
viii the Express please inform the peo-,
pie who conferred upon the convention
which is to meet at Dallas authority to
leglslate for the Democratic party? If
meeting, It is open to men of every politi-
cal faith, and even if nobody but Demo
Gratis should attend, it's action can
hardly be considered as binding
upon the party as that of the regu-
larIy called and constituted conven-
ton which met at Galveston last August,
and which made the declara ton that
man could be both prohibitionist and
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as the high priest of DemoCracy-a posi-
ton to which it has no calI-and clothe
the ants with power and authority to
which they have no claim Gainesville
Register.
The prohibitionisUs have not only set
tied that they are going to carry Texas in
August, but what they are going to do
Immediately thereafter. Their pro-
gramme is to demand an instant summon
ing Of the state Legislature to pass the
necessary laws to give the amendment
effect, and if Ross will not convene the
Legislature at their beck and call, to Or
ganize a state campaign for 1888 and
carry the state for prohibition officers
from Governor down. This is the prohi-
bitiOn programme as set forth by lead
ing dry, not long since, and it bears the
esr-marks of authenticity and genuine
ness. There is little doubt that the good
state of Texas is getting very much in
the condition of poor Sampson when his
hair was cut and his fsithless Delilah
said to him: "The Philistines be upon
thee, Sampson!" When the dry pilgrims
of the Puritan household get possession
of this state, Texas will wonder what
Bowie and Crockett, and the hosG OF her
gallant sons who bit the dust for Texas
and liberty, died for. The prohibition
leaders are wary, fanatical, puritanical
and determined to succeed. Their watch
word is, the corksCreW of the devil, and
in this sign they expect to conquer all
Texas and all civilization.-[Ssn Antonio
Light (Republlcan).
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We publish in another place Seth
Shepsrd's letter to Hon. Barnett Gibbs,
signifying his intention to be present at
the anti-prohibition convention in May.
Seth is good Democrat and will not say